How do I make a space between words when writing to a text file in python

Question

The following code writes to a text file

if classno== '1':
    f = open("class1.txt", "a")
if classno== '2':
    f = open("class2.txt", "a")
if classno== '3':
    f = open("class3.txt", "a")
f.write(name) 
f.write(score)
f.close()

However, in the text file the name and score do not have space between them for example, how could I change "James14" in to "James 14"

Answer 1

You can try

f.write(name) 
f.write(' ') 
f.write(score)

Or

f.write(name + ' ') 
f.write(score)

Or

f.write(name ) 
f.write(' ' +score)

Or

f.write("{} {}".format(name,score)) 

Or

f.write("%s %s"%(name,score)) 

Or

f.write(" ".join([name,score]))

Answer 2

You'll have to write that space:

f.write(name) 
f.write(' ') 
f.write(score)

or use string formatting:

f.write('{} {}'.format(name, score))

If you are using Python 3, or used from __future__ import print_function, you could also use the print() function, and have it add the space for you:

print(name, score, file=f, end='')

I set end to an empty string, because otherwise you'll also get a newline character. Of course, you may actually want that newline character, if you are writing multiple names and scores to the file and each entry needs to be on its own line.